Hand-bag.



A. STAEGER.

HAND BAG. APPLIUATION FILED JULY 8,1908.

Patented Jan. 12, 1909 gnucufor,

, increase or diminish its and which crn be conveniently carried activeview of the bag extended to ALFONBE STAEGER, 0F

BALTIMORE, MARY-LAND.

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No. 909,248 v Specification 0!- Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 12, 1909.

Application filed July a, 1905. Serial name.

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, ALroNss Swanson, a citizen of Switzerland, residingat Baltimore, in the county of Baltimore City and l State of Maryland,have invented a new and useful Hand-Bag, of which the following is a siecilication.

his invention relates to handbags and its object is to provide a deviceof this character capable of being folded or extended both in thedirection of its width and in the direction of its length so as toeither capacity without however marring the appearance of the ba Anotherobject'is to provide a ba whici is cheap to manufacture, light anddurable,

cess being readily had to the interior oi the bag when adjusted to anysize.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists of certainnovel features of construction and combinations of parts I which will behereinafter more fully de scribed and pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings is shown the preferred form of theinvention.

In sald drawings: Figure 1 is a perspecits full one of its sides 0 suedfor the purpose 0 extending the bag eterally.. Fig. 2 is aerspective'view of the be folded to its smal est size. Fi 3 is avertical section through thebaga justed to an 9 intermediate size. n

Referring to the figures by characters of l reference, 1 desi nates abellows-shaped bag l formed of suitalfie flexible material and the fsides of which consist of longitudinal fiexi- I ble 'stri s 2 secured toether along their inner e gas and to' the rent and rear. ortions of thebag attheir other edges, t ere being snap or glove fasteners upon theseships as indicated at3 5945 to hold them together if desired and when itis not necessar to extend the bag toits full capacity. 5

:(handle strap 4 is secured to the front face of the bag and anothersimilar strap is'secured to the-rear portion of the bag, theg 'e'rminalsof these straps being heldto the 1 length and having bag by rivets 5 andalso by snap or glove fasteners 6 which can be utilized for securing thebag in closed position. Secured to the ugper edge of the front of the baor forms therewith is a flexible flap 7 mving the socket members 8 ofsnap or glove fasteners secured ranged upon the rear face of the bag atpoints approximately one-quarter the distance from the bottom to the topthereof are the bell members 9 of the fastener and similar ball members10 are arranged u n the back face of the bag at pointsapproximatelymidway between the ends of the bag.

lVhen the bag is extended to its fullest capacity all of the fastenersare disconnected unless it is desired to close the bag, whereupon thefasteners 6 are placed in engagement with each other. To reduce thecapacity of the bag one-half the same is to ded transversely at itscenter and the flap 7 is drawn over the bottom end thereof so thatthefasteners 8 can be placed in en: gagement with the ball members9.This arrangement of the parts has been shown in Fig. 3. To reduce thecapacity to about one-third the be is folded transversely .twice, asindicated in Fig. 2, so as to bring the ball members 10 into position tobe engaged by the socket members 8. When the bag is folded in thismanner it has ractically the appearance of an ordinary arge hand iag. I

A bag such as herein described is particularly useful for shoppinpurposes inas much as it can be COHVEHIGINY enlarged only to the extentnecessary to hold the articles to be carried and when not in use can befolded into a very compact bag which can be emplo ed for the samepurposes as an ordinary andbag.

It is of course to be understood that the bag can be suitably ornamentedand the sizes and proportions of the parts can be varied to suit thetaste of the user and without departing from the advantages of theinvention.

What is claimed is:

A device of the class described compristherebo. Ar-

the spirit or sacrificinging abuF having its sides arranged inlonandcooperating means upon the flap and 10 gitudina folds, said folds beingintegral be? for holding the bag in folded position. .with the bag andmaintaining the same1 n testimony that 1 claim the foregoing closed atthe sides at'all times, means within as my own, I have hereunto aflixedmy sign-- 5 the folds for detachabl holdin them toi ture in thepresentre of two witnesses;

that a flap upon the ag, sai bag being ALFONSE STAEGER.

oldabie on lines extending'from side to Witnesses: side thereof toposition the bottom portion WM. J. STEIN, of the bag between said bagand the flap, I I. J. HOFFMAN, Jr.

